Licensed Roofing Contractor in Scottsdale, AZ

From Village Grove gables to Troon North foothills

South Scottsdale is where the city's postwar housing begins. Village Grove went up in 1957 near 68th Street and Oak Street. Town & Country Scottsdale followed between 1958 and 1960, built from Ralph Haver plans with low-pitched gable roofs turned toward the street. On a shallow gable, rain drains slowly, so the underlayment and the edges at each gable end carry more of the load than they would on a steep roof. Villa Monterey, the townhouse colony near Miller and Chaparral built through the 1960s, has red tile over connected homes, which means one owner's roof often meets a neighbor's wall.

McCormick Ranch was the city's first upscale master-planned community. Kaiser-Aetna bought the ranch in 1970 and the property owners' association was formed in 1972. Roofs from that first wave are now old enough that the concrete tile can still look good while the felt beneath it has gone brittle. Gainey Ranch came in the 1980s with condos, townhomes and single-family homes around its golf courses. Farther north, Troon North began building in the 1990s among the ravines and foothills near Pinnacle Peak, and DC Ranch homes go through the Covenant Commission, which asks for roof material and slope on its plans.

Desert heat, monsoon gusts and HOA boards

Scottsdale summers cook a roof from the top down. Flat decks lose their coating faster, and the felt under tile dries out a little more each year until it cracks. Then the monsoon shows up with wind that lifts hip and ridge tile and drives rain sideways, up under the field tile and onto whatever underlayment is left. Homes on open foothill lots in the north take that wind with nothing in the way.

So our tile work here includes mastic under the ridge caps, a strip of weather blocker tucked under every hip and ridge line, and a firm rule that no section we open is left uncovered overnight. On flat roofs, we check coatings before storm season instead of after it.

HOA review is the other local piece. The McCormick Ranch association requires approval in advance for any exterior change. In DC Ranch, roof material goes in front of the Covenant Commission. If your board wants a tile name, profile and color on the application, we'll hand you those details.

What sets the price of a Scottsdale roof

From our price sheet, on a 3,000 sq ft roof: shingle runs about $11,250–$14,250, a tile underlayment replacement $33,000–$48,000 and a complete tile tear-off $57,000–$78,000. Foam over an existing flat roof is $4.75–$6 per square foot. See every range on our pricing page.

Two houses on one Scottsdale street can land far apart on price. Here is what moves the number:

• Square footage, pitch, and how many valleys, hips and skylights the roof has
• The roof type: concrete or clay tile, foam on a flat deck, or shingle
• Whether your tile can go back on, or it's a discontinued profile that needs careful sorting and matching
• The underlayment spec and how much soft decking shows up once the tile is off
• Flat sections tucked behind parapets on homes that mix flat and pitched roofs
• Access on foothill lots and along tight townhome rows
• HOA rules on material and color in communities like McCormick Ranch and DC Ranch
• For foam, whether it can go over the existing roof or the old layers have to come off

Try the instant estimator for a starting range. When you want the real figure, book a free inspection and we'll get up on the roof.

Scottsdale roof work by material

• Tile roofing in Scottsdale
• Spray foam roofing in Scottsdale
• Shingle roofing in Scottsdale
• Commercial roofing in Scottsdale

Beyond the city line, we head next door to Paradise Valley, east to Fountain Hills, north to Carefree and south to Tempe.